The sun., 1887-11-17

duly execute August Spies. Adolph
Parsons, in conformity with the sentence Of the
criminal court Of said county Of Cook, in pur-
suanoe OF the order and judRment Of the SUI
division, and entered Of record ON the l4th day
of September. 1887, and In acc0ida with the
statutes OF the State OF Illinois 10 such cases
the above named August Spies or others. hereby
certify that we have witnessed the execution, by
sss ssa sPss sh and
Tho signatures of twelve Chicago citizens
are appended to the solemn declaration
above, and with them form the essential
public record Of the death Of the haymarket
murderera
4 TALK WITH THE sHER11F.
Sheriff Matson sat in his private Office this
evening very pale, and the dark rings be-
meath the eyes showed that he was worn out
with th!nktng, worry, excitement and hard
work. He leaned back In his easy chair and
rested his feet In another seat In front Of
him - ne surveyed hthograph Of thirty
seven Sioux Indians being executed at one
time. which occurred In Minnesota in 1852.
-Four at once is enough. he remarked as he
!" -YCd look tired remarked the reporter.
We'll. LIDO not deceive nv looks. then" he re-
Piled have slept but little this week. and not
Are You satisfied with the result Of the duty
"Yes. think the execution passed of as well
as an unpleasant thing like that could. It is
always sad Job for an official to perform. but
with healthy moral public sentiment behind
I had no tears that there would be trouble.
The police aided me greatly, the arrangements
Of Chief Ebersold and Capt. Setback this morn
ing being admirable, and too much credit cam
not be given them and their efficient force I
did all could to have the thing carried out
decently and in order and think that we sue
the Jail and very few curiosity seekers. The
jury was Of business men, and outside Of these
and few first class physicians. who were
the Representatives Of the press. '' "'-' wy
DO you take any significant meaning from
the last words Of the doomed men?"
mo, do not" replied the sheriff.
He sat still q minute thinking of the bro
ken sentences of Parsons as the drop fell.
and then said:
With the stained public sentiment did not
deem it expedient to have the men make long
and 1t is believed that man can talk as much
as he pleases on the scafold. but there is no law
authorizing it. and deemed it best not to al
low it. Il seemed to me that it would only lead
to excitement There had been no understand
ing that they would be allowed to talk from the
mo Ros On the a n m as We were gong
not want to, as they had written great deal to
be printed.
20 yoa apprehendd. that there will be any
No, do Eot: think the better judgment of
the friends Of the unfortunate men will prevail,
and that nothing will be done to cause repeti-
tion of to-day g work
why was the execution delayed from 10 to
II o'clock?"
merely to give the men all the chance to es-
cape their doom that there was. It was my in
tention yesterday to have the work over
promptly at 10 o'clock, but when heard that
Capt. Black was at Springfield pleading with the
governor. decided to hold of and give them
The benefit of their counsels work. I
do cot care to have it said that we
rushed them to eternity when there
was q chance Of their being saved And so I
waited. We were ready at 10, but snort time
before that telegram came that Capt. Black
was tntercedtng with the governor. At 1O:l5 q
second dispatch came that Capt. Black had left
the executives presence, and that the latter had
declared it his lrrevocable intention not to in
terfere further with tine verdict Of the courts. I
might have hanged them then, but waited until
the usual time here for carrying out the execu-
tion."
The sheriff does not seem to fear that he
will be prosecuted Tor murder by Attorneys
Black and Solamon, as per notice yesterday,
but expressed himself that it was very
foolish notion. He believes Mrs Parsons
should be watched and prevented from trav-
cling around as the ewidow of q martyr to
carry out the work Of organizing the anarch-
sta